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From: plim@hpsgpa.HP.COM (Peter Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Never ending lights to drive by...
Message-ID: <340034@hpsgpa.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Nov 89 01:17:16 GMT
References: <8911280121.AA16481@cie.uoregon.edu>
Organization: HP Singapore IC Design Ctr
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>  
> I recently purchased a 286 hard drive controller from a local
> outlet and am having some problems.  The card is a PTI-213 286
> HDS card made by Datatech Enterprises.  The documentaion is 
> as sparse as possible, however it does use the Western Digital
> Chip set.
>  
> The problem is that the lights on the drives stay lit all the
> time depending on which drive was last accessed.  Thus the light
> on the C: drive will stay lit until the D: drive is accessed, then
> the D: light will stay lit....
> Is this a major problem?  
>  
I think this brings back good old memory. About 3 years ago, I used
to have a 10MHz AT (I think using WD controller). I hung 2 physical
drives off it and the above situation was observed. Very annoying
but didn't do me one bit of harm. I used the setup for about a year
with not problem. I sold the whole thing to someone at the end of it
and since both drives had died. No idea if this has anything to do
with that ? Not likely since it worked for about a year.